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diabloku

The #cursedcatalastor is all over Twitter so Alastor is making good use of his new army 😌

anxietyproblem

lucdoodle

Charlie meeting him

ravewoodx

#gajevy

When you find out that you’re literally going to have to get yourself hospitalized to get someone to talk to you about medication because mental health services is a complete joke in the US.

profeminist

dkpsyhog

Homophobes: *try to destroy rainbow statue*

Gays: “fine then we’ll make it an actual damn rainbow”

Reblog to put indestructible rainbows everywhere and kill a homophobe

radiophile

Bob and the deli guy.

yourbigsisnissi

“im mostly straight”

fastandqueerius-deactivated2026

“Listen daddy”

guillotinedream

“Im gonna see you tomorrow!”

‘Probably not- i’ll call you’

teathattast

Wake up babe new fish dropped

clownhubris

I drew the second one :)

foodblueprint

I think you should watch this

knightlyhoods-deactivated202404

yella creens

cizayox

“handfools of yella crayens”

aidn

this made me feel true inner peace for the first time in months

grungepoetica

This unearthed memories I didn’t even know I still had. God I love Mr. Rogers

veeaziel

every day i am percieved™️

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply.

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start “rewarding” the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail.

biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist

*holds your hand* no, we’re ALL bitches

snugglyaggron

skyarch24601

Me finally understanding why I haven’t been able to read anything other than fan fiction for the last seventeen years.

titties4harambe

queermoths

autistic and adhd culture is needing routine to do things but never being able to form the routine so you’re stuck

ms-mazarin

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

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LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

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SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

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HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

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